Commercialisation Courses
A selection of courses that you might find helpful in developing your commercialisation skills.
Small Business Management
Contact: Professor Tim Mazzarol
Tel: +618 6488-3981
Mobile: 0422-914-850
Email: tim.mazzarol@uwa.edu.au
The Small Business Management program is run annually within the UWA MBA degree. It offers a free "spin-in" opportunity for small companies seeking to develop best practice management methods to assist with growth or the challenges of commercialisation. For established small firms, this program enables you to have a team of MBA students systematically work on assisting you with business development. You will also learn along with the students by participating on the workshops.
What people say
"Firstly I would like to thank you again for allowing myself and Bohr Industries to participate in the workshops for Small Business Management, the workshops have been a great learning opportunity for myself and great opportunity for Bohr Industries to identify the changes required to excel and develop further as a business."
Joshua Letcher, Bohr Industries
"Thank you for inviting me to the program. Originally I was as unsure as to the benefit that might accrue until the last day when the 3 students provided 3 grossly divergent “out of the box” concepts which literally knocked me off my chair. I can say that in the fullness of time I will be adopting one or all of those approaches - once I get past the “gap”. My involvement in this program has already been worthwhile and I expect will be ongoing."
Phil Fagen, Allpoints Building.
Course details
The program commences with an in-depth review of your firm's existing management systems, and then works through a series of action learning tasks benchmarked against best practice techniques. There are five full-days of workshops spread over three months. Usually from May to July. Course content includes:
- Understanding the small business, its lifecycle, strategy and planning.
- Creating customers and growth.
- Managing money and people.
- Managing operations, legal compliance and professional conduct.
- Managing acquisition or exit, and the use of technology.
Cost: There is no cost to the industry project owner other than their time.